Anne-Marie Duff
British actress
All the Paralympic athletes.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What do you need to believe in order to get through the day?
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What would you like to leave your children?
Death & what remains
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What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong?
Values & belief
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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His name is Barry Humphries but you may be more familiar with him from his character, Dame Edna, a self-styled international superstar.
I’d say he’s hitting pretty close to the genius description because back in the 1950s, he asked cultural questions that others neglected to ask or even consider.
Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 3 February 2017 source ↗
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Dermot O'Leary
British-Irish television presenter
My parents for the roots; my old parish priest, Father Arthur Barrow, for the fire and the reason; Richard Curtis for the drive and humanity; and, for living in the public eye with principles, George Clooney.
Ashley Walters
British actor and rapper
My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.
Lemn Sissay. What happened to him and what he’s done with his life is extraordinary.
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Maybe it’s a little about self-belief.
I wanted my children to grow up in Australia, and if I have anything to pass on to them as a parent as a mentor, it is my own experiences of having grown up there, and shaped a career there.
we are bashed by the media who say we should compete with Hollywood.
A painting of the late actor Bille Brown by Australian artist Ben Quilty, to commemorate decades of fraternal and professional bonds.
A panic attack on stage during The Importance Of Being Earnest. Well, it felt like death.
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